Effect of Climate Change on a Monolithic Desulphurized Tailings Cover by Rashid Bashir, Fiaz Ahmad, Ryley Beddoe

“…In this research climate change effects on the hydraulic behavior of soil covers at a Northern Ontario, Canada site were assessed. Covers were analyzed using historical and future climate datasets. …”
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Outcome of traumatic thoracolumbar spine fractures in elderly: A systematic review by J. van Tiel, T. Tan, J. Tee, T.E. Marion, F.C. Öner, J.P.H.J. Rutges

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Invasive and Non-invasive Clinical Haemophilus influenzae Type A Isolates Activate Differentiated HL-60 Cells In Vitro by Courtney Ferris, Marina Ulanova

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Developing a Health Equity Impact Assessment ‘Indigenous Lens Tool’ to address challenges in providing equitable cancer screening for indigenous peoples by Naana Afua Jumah, Alethea Kewayosh, Bernice Downey, Laura Campbell Senese, Jill Tinmouth

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Intramyocardial hemorrhage drives fatty degeneration of infarcted myocardium by Ivan Cokic, Shing Fai Chan, Xingmin Guan, Anand R. Nair, Hsin-Jung Yang, Ting Liu, Yinyin Chen, Diego Hernando, Jane Sykes, Richard Tang, John Butler, Alice Dohnalkova, Libor Kovarik, Robert Finney, Avinash Kali, Behzad Sharif, Louis S. Bouchard, Rajesh Gupta, Mayil Singaram Krishnam, Keyur Vora, Balaji Tamarappoo, Andrew G. Howarth, Andreas Kumar, Joseph Francis, Scott B. Reeder, John C. Wood, Frank S. Prato, Rohan Dharmakumar

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Does the Time of Day at Which Endocrine Therapy Is Taken Affect Breast Cancer Patient Outcomes? by Ana-Alicia Beltran-Bless, Lisa Vandermeer, Mohammed F. K. Ibrahim, Brian Hutton, Risa Shorr, Marie-France Savard, Mark Clemons

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Recurrent intracranial anaplastic ependymoma with late‐onset giant scalp metastasis by Gianluca Scalia, Gianluca Ferini, Bipin Chaurasia, Francesca Graziano, Stefano Priola, Paolo Amico, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana

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Canadian Students' Experiences During a Health Promotion Without Borders Excursion to Mongolia: A case study by Shelby Deibert, Stephen Ritchie, Bruce Oddson, Ginette Michel, Emily Tetzlaff

“…The Health Promotion Without Borders (HPWB) program at Laurentian University in northern Ontario, Canada, provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to engage in ISL. …”
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Non-Hodgkins lymphoma of the nasal cavity: A case report by Konnor Kennedy, MSc, Cory Tremblay, MSc, Euan Zhang, MD, Gordon Tsang, MD, Ruba Kiwan, MD

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Culturally Safe Practices in the Co-creation of Medical Education Curriculum with Indigenous Animators: Outcomes From an Indigenous Learning Circle by Nicole Bessette, Maurianne Reade, Lorrilee McGregor, Joahnna Berti, Bruce Naokwegijig, Marion Maar

“…To explore potential structural inequities in the co-creation process of simulated cultural communication scenarios (SCCS), the Indigenous animators at Debajehmujig Storytellers and collaborating faculty and professional staff at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM U) examined cultural safety in their curriculum design and delivery process. …”
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COVID-19 fosters social accountability in medical education by Richard Murray, Fortunato Cristobal, Shrijana Shrestha, Filedito Tandinco, Jan De Maeseneer, Sarita Verma, Shafik Dharamsi, Sara Willems, Arthur Kaufman, Björg Pálsdóttir, Andre-Jacques Neusy, Sarah Larkins

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Leucine Potentiates Glucose-mediated ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Brown Adipose Tissue via β-Adrenergic Activation by Brenda Huska, Sarah Niccoli, Christopher P. Phenix, Simon J. Lees

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Cultivation of Microalgae in Unsterile Malting Effluent for Biomass Production and Lipid Productivity Improvement by Janak Raj Khatiwada, Haipeng Guo, Sarita Shrestha, Chonlong Chio, Xuatong Chen, Aristide Laurel Mokale Kognou, Wensheng Qin

“…This study examined the potential of diluted malting effluent for the growth of freshwater green algae <i>Chlorella</i> sp. and <i>Chlamydomonas</i> sp. isolated from northern Ontario and subsequent biomass and lipid production. …”
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‘Now, She’s a Child and She Has a Child’—Experiences of Syrian Child Brides in Lebanon after Early Marriage by Amanda Collier, Emily House, Shaimaa Helal, Saja Michael, Colleen M. Davison, Susan A. Bartels

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The Integration of Multi-source Remotely-Sensed Data in Support of the Classification of Wetlands by Aaron Judah, Baoxin Hu

“…Based on the test results in the study area in Northern Ontario, Canada (49&#176;31&#8242;.34N, 80&#176;43&#8242;37.04W), a RF based classification methodology produced the most accurate classification result (87.51%). …”
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Geocorrection of Airborne Mid-Wave Infrared Imagery for Mapping Wildfires without GPS or IMU by Gabriela Ifimov, Tomas Naprstek, Joshua M. Johnston, Juan Pablo Arroyo-Mora, George Leblanc, Madeline D. Lee

“…During the summer of 2017, an airborne flight campaign acquired mid-wave infrared imagery over active wildfires in Northern Ontario, Canada. However, it suffered multiple position-based equipment issues, thus requiring a non-standard geocorrection methodology. …”
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Can Wood Pellets from Canada’s Boreal Forest Reduce Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Generation in the UK? by Michael T. Ter-Mikaelian, Jiaxin Chen, Sabrina M. Desjardins, Stephen J. Colombo

“…We present the results of a study on the climate forcing effects of replacing coal for power generation in the United Kingdom (UK) with wood pellets produced in northern Ontario, Canada. Continuous wood pellet production from two biomass sources were considered: fiber from increased harvesting of standing live trees (stemwood scenario) and from harvest residue provided by ongoing harvesting operations (residue scenario). …”
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Emerging concepts in the CanMEDS physician competency framework by Brent Thoma, Anna Karwowska, Louise Samson, Nicole Labine, Heather Waters, Meredith Giuliani, Teresa M Chan, Adelle Atkinson, Evelyn Constantin, Andrew K Hall, Carlos Gomez-Garibello, Nancy Fowler, Leon Tourian, Jason Frank, Rob Anderson, Linda Snell, Elaine Van Melle

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Experiences, impacts and service needs of injured and ill workers in the WSIB process: evidence from Thunder Bay and District (Ontario, Canada) by Chelsea Noël, Deborah Scharf, Joshua Hawkins, Jessie Lund, Jewel Kozik, Anna Péfoyo Koné

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Risk assessment framework for cumulative effects (RAFCE) by Effah Kwabena Antwi, John Boakye-Danquah, Wiafe Owusu-Banahene, Anna Dabros, Ian MS Eddy, Daniel Abraham Silver, Evisa Abolina, Brian Eddy, Richard S. Winder

“…We operationalized the framework dubbed Risk Assessment Framework for Cumulative Effects (RAFCE) to assess the risks and impacts of proposed mining development in the Ring of Fire region of Northern Ontario, Canada.Methods: Methodologically, we built on existing studies to understand the key valued ecosystem components (VECs) impacted by mining; organized an expert Bowtie Risk Assessment Tool workshop and interviews to identify regional risks and define the VECs impacted by mining; and developed an impact prioritization model that helped quantify and prioritize impacts of mining.Results and Discussion: RAFCE enabled us to: a) identify drivers and impacts of cumulative effects and potential preventive and mitigation measures for effective cumulative effects management and b) describe, quantify, and rank the major impact and components of regional interest. …”
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